1860 Crawford County PA Mortality Schedule
Transcribed by Debbie Ovechka
Taken From Crawford County Genealogy Pamplet
Beginning in 1850, mortality schedules were taken in Pennsylvania every ten years, in conjunction with the federal census. The schedules were to include any deaths having occurred in the state in the preceding twelve months, on a township by township basis through each county.
The first schedule, in 1850, was recognized as both inaccurate and incomplete. Although reporting methods were somewhat more consistent by 1860, and the population apparently somewhat more accepting of governmental inquisitiveness into what had been strictly private matters, it is still doubtful that all the deaths occurring in any given county were reported. Indeed, reports from several Crawford County townships are missing entirely from the 1860 schedule. In spite of this, the schedule's value as a research tool remains undisputed.
The 1860 mortality schedule covers only the period from July of 1859 through June of 1860. Each entry includes name, age, sex (which has been omitted in this transcription for all but a few questionable cases), marital status, place of birth, month of death, occupation, cause of death, and duration of illness.
By far the most common cause of death was consumption, followed by assorted respiratory problems variously described as lung fever, congestion or inflammation of the lungs. Typhoid fever carried off a number of people, as did "dropsy" and suicides, usually by hanging. One death each was attributed to choking on a bean, diabetes, child birth, change of life, drowning, being killed by a fall tree, jaundice and asthma, among others.
"After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Beaver Township
William Peoples, 14, born, Pa., died March, typhoid fever, 23 days
Calvin Peoples, 16, Pa., April, typhoid fever 34 days
John Pruden, 9, Ohio, September, scarlet fever, 4 days
Anna Welch, 49, married, Vermont, February, scrofulus disease, 2 years
Michael Boughton,(Broughton -ed.), 72, married, Connecticut, September, farmer, typhoid fever, 2 weeks
Ami Burrington, 81, married, Connecticut, March, farmer, old age
Elias White, 1, Pa., August, typhoid fever, 5 days
Elisabeth Staterline, 7, Pa, June, measles, 1 week
George Cole, 1/12, Pa, July, measles, 3 days
Conneautville Borough
Ellen Reniff, 1, Pa, June, congestion of brain, 4 weeks
Eva J.B. Doty, 1, Pa, January, congestion of the lungs, 2
George Young, 35, married, unknown, January, carpenter, caught in machinery, sudden
Eva Dine (?), 5, Pa, September, putrid sore throat, 1 week
Caroline E. Whitley, 27, married, Ohio, July, consumption, 5 years
Cornelius Van Liew, 65 married, N.J., October, farmer, broken leg, 3 months
Michael V. Badger (?), 39, married, N.Y., February, machinist, consumption, 2 years.
Conneaut Township
Mary E. Thayer, 33, married, Ohio, February, consumption, 8 years
Rachel Barber, 76, married, Conn, December, cancerous breast, 7 weeks
Rodolphus Dewey, 59, married, Mass, August, farmer, suicide
Adelbert Cory, 1, Pa, May, spinal disease, 5 mos
Louisa Lawrence, 50, married, N.Y., May, dropsy, 5 hours (?)
Sally Derald (?), 68, married, N.Y., July, dropsy, 6 mos
Eleanor Derald, 75, widow, Ireland, September, chronic complaint, 6 mos
Permilia Thayer, 39, married, N.Y., May, consumption, 3 years
Mary Gilliland, 33, married, Pa, November, consumption, 1 year
Hannah Gilliland, 46, married, Pa, May, liver complaint, 14 years
Jane ______, 27, married, N.Y., May, consumption, 1 year
John Kazebee, 35, married, N.Y., July, lumberman, congestion of brain, 10 days
Evansburgh Borough
Martha S. ________, 6, Pa, October, putrid sore throat, 12 days
Cussewago Township
Edward Scott, 45, married, N.Y., July, farmer, inflammation of lungs, 8 days
Elisabeth Lake, 50, married, N.Y., August, consumption, 6 mos
James C. Lewis, 13, Pa, September, inflammation of brain, 10 days
Jane Thickston, 51, Pa, April, general debility, 18 mos
James B. Freeman, 6/12, Pa, December, tumor on the back, 6 mos
Francis E. Mosher, 2, female, Pa, August, inflammation of bowels, 1 day
Nancy Davis, 80, married, Virginia, June, apoplexy, 1 day
Keziah A. Hills, 6/12, Pa, March, heart disease, 1 week
C.B. Manville, 2/12, female, Pa, November, inflammation of lungs, 1 week
Jeremiah Colvin, 62, married, Vermont, February, farmer, cancer in face, 15 years
Jonas Snyder, 33, married, Pa., March, farmer, apoplexy, sudden
Samuel Stitte, 40, married, N.J., February, farmer, consumption, 5 mos
Hiram Chamberlain, 25, Pa, February, farmer, consumption, 2 mos
John Chamberlain, 87, married, N.J., July, old age, unknown
Jennifer Wiard, 2, Pa, July, choked on a bean, unknown
Robert L. Hotchkiss, 9/12, Pa, August, cholera infantium, 8 hours
Charles, D. Hotchkiss, 1, Pa, November, inflammation of lungs, 2 days
Hayfield Township
Jno. J. Smith, 25, Pa, January, student at law, consumption, 18 mos
Homer J. Smith, 2, Pa, September, heart disease, sudden
Amelia Smith, 10, Pa, December, consumption, 1 year
Margaret Dutton (?), 57, widow, N.Y., January, consumption, 3 weeks
James Fullerton, 68 married, Pa., April, farmer, liver complaint, 14 weeks
Milan Morse, 3/12, Pa, February, fits, 8 days
John Burns, 74, married, Pa, ____________, farmer, consumption, 2 mos
Mary Brace, 28, widow, December, consumption, 6 mos
Moses Crosley, 73, widower, Pa, February, farmer, inflammation of bowels, 9 weeks
Lois Kilmore, 92, widow, N.Y., July, old age, unknown
Catharine Kilmore, 36, married, Pa, October, unknown, 7 years
James Frazier, 65, Pa, May, farmer, inflammation of brain, 1 week
Sarah Jones, 27, married, Pa, March, consumption, 2 mos
Ida Lefever, 4, Pa, November, typhoid fever, 3 weeks
Barbara McKelvey, 45, Pa, August, suicide by hanging, insane
Jane Campbell, 92, widow, Pa, May, old age, unknown
Spring Township
Jules Parker, 51, married, N.Y., May, farmer, intemperance and insanity, suicide by hanging, sudden
Casey Cole, 77, married, N.Y., December, farmer, congestion of the lungs, 11 days
Amanda Murphy, 14, Pa, March, inflammatory rheumatism, 4 weeks
Jacob B. Thomas, 27 married, Pa, November, farmer, consumption, 1 year
Shoperd Wills, 1/12, Pa, December, ague, 3 weeks
Homer Fisher, 4/12, Pa, December, brain fever, 1 week
Maria Wright, 30, married, N.Y., April, consumption, 3 mos
Daniel Lippert, 62, married, Rhode Island, May, farmer, despondent insane suicide by hanging, sudden
Corey M. Seely, 2, female, Pa, September, lung fever, 3 days
Adaline Sperry, 25, married, Pa, July, consumption, 3 mos
Adalaide Joslin, 11/12, Pa, April, lung fever, 5 weeks
Ada M. Beals, 4, married (sic), July, bronchitis, 4 days
Hannah Sloane, 68, Pa, December, canker in stomach, 1 day
Joel Hotchkiss, 20, Pa, May, farmer, consumption, 18 mos
Orastus White, 1/12, Pa, August, consumption, 3 weeks
Mary Lackey, 52 married, N.Y., March, heart disease, sudden
William Vanallen, 22, N.Y., March, blacksmith, consumption, 5 mos
Catherine Clany (?), 13, Pa, March, typhoid fever, 2 weeks
Rachel Pike, 37, married, Pa, October, child birth, 17 days
Summerhill Township
Joseph Fish, 78, married, Rhode Island, August, farmer, erysipelas, 7 days
John Rierson (?), 1/12, Pa, May, lung fever, 1 day
Prudence Bennett, 81, married, NY, August, old age, unknown
Ann Beach, 7, Indiana, November, inflammation of lungs, 1 week
Linn McKay, 7/12, male, Pa, February, inflammation of brain, 1 week
Annett Curtis, 1/12, Pa, October, fits, 5 days
Dwight Chapin, 22, NY, August, farmer, dropsy of chest, 9 mos
North Shenango Township
Mary Shellato, 81, widow, Ireland, December, palsy, 3 mos
Henry Bennet, 80, widower, Pa, November, farmer, palsy, 3 mos
Fanny Harriott, 8, Pa, November, accidental fall, 2 weeks
Elijah Collins, 80, married, Pa, March, farmer, palsy and old age, 1 year
Patterson Espy, 85, married, Pa, July, farmer, old age, 9 mos
South Shenango Township
William W. Davis, 8/12, Pa, June, inflammation of the lungs, 1 week
Joseph McCarther, 44, married, Pa, December, farmer, consumption of the liver, 2 weeks
Martha Ann Gallaher, 29, married, NY, May, dropsy, 3 weeks
Mary Ann Snodgrass, 1/12, Pa, November, sore mouth, 3 weeks
Eliza Galbreth, 25, married, Pa, October, consumption, 6 mos
Thomas McKinley, 26, Pa, May, farm laborer, consumption, 2 years
John Ralston, 70 widower, Pa, July, unknown, 1 hour
Susan Turner, 78, widow, Mass, February, palsy and old age, 14 mos
Robert Marshall, 19, Pa, March, unknown, 2 weeks
Rome Township
Dianna Patterson, 47, married, Pa, January, tailoress, consumption, 5 days
Charles Fink, 17, _____, September, sawyer, typhoid fever, 2 weeks
Martin Fink, 56, married, NY, October, farmer, typhoid fever, 5 weeks
Jemima Fink, 34 (?), Pa, November, dropsy, 5 weeks
Fidelia Ransom, 20, married, Pa, January, consumption, 18 mos
Nancy Post, 2, May, Pa, strangulation, sudden
Athens Township
Mary Southwerk, 37, married, Pa, February, consumption, 6 years
Olive Flick, 20, married, NY, November, consumption, 3 years
Hannah Smith, 30, married, Pa, September, unknown, 5 days
Anna Cotrell, 26, NY, March, unknown, 6 days
Lester Taylor, 1, Pa, August, inflammation bowels, 4 days
Louisa Murdock, 45, married, NY, August, inflammation bowels, 12 days
Lawrence Murdock, 9 (?), Pa, September, inflammation bowels, 3 weeks
Myron Baker, 8, Pa, November, neuralgia, 18 days
James Harrison, 1 Pa, October, croup, 1 day
Summit Township
Michael McCarty, 16, Pa, June, nervous disease, from infancy
Hugh Gilliland, 54, married, Pa, November, farmer, inflammation of bowels, 2 days
Janes Coats, 28, married, NY, November, consumption, 3 mos
Thomas Chidester, 62, married, NJ, June, farmer erysipelas, 1 week
John C. Harper, 23, Pa, February, carpenter, consumption 14 mos
Venango Borough
Edward Peters, 26, married, Pa, February, carpenter, typhoid fever, 2 weeks
Lydia Tiedman, 43, married, Pa, October, typhoid fever, 2 weeks
Minnie Klechner, 1, Pa, April, dropsy on brain, 10 days
Christine Kepler, 37, married, Pa, January, consumption, 12 weeks
Mead Township
Thomas R. McFadden, 66, married, Pa, November, farmer, dropsy in limbs, 14 years
Richard Stockdon, 13, Pa, February killed by a tree falling, sudden
Jabez Goodrich, 62, married, Conn, October, farmer, consumption, 6 mos
John Walton, 78, married, Mass, April, farmer, asthma, 1 week
William Williams, 8, Pa, September, consumption, 3 weeks
Patrick Y. Boyl, 88, married, NY, January, farmer, consumption, 8 mos
Clarence Wilson, 2, Pa, March, brain tumor, 2 days
Elisabeth Shaffer, 48, married, Bavaria, August, change of life, 1 year
Catharine Smith, 63, married, Prussia, February, despondency, suicide by hanging, sudden
Hetty Mossinger, 37, married, Pa, June, cancer in breast, 2 years
William Wirt, 37, NJ, April, peddler, consumption, 3 mos
Elisabeth Ewing, 40, married, Pa, May, consumption, 3 weeks
Zavier Bedot, 68, married, France, January, farmer, old age, unknown
Edward Prall, 72, married, NJ, April, farmer, despondency, suicide by hanging, sudden
Mary J. Gittis, 22, Ohio, November, typhoid fever, 4 weeks
Mary Battles, 2, Pa, July, measles, 2 weeks
Mary A. Battles, 46, married, Rhode Island, December, palsy, 2 days
David Compton, 89, married, NJ, December, farmer, old age, unknown
Edward Compton, 2/12, Pa, December, inflammation of lungs, 1 week
John Hall, 1, Pa, August, inflammation of brain cause by a fall, 1 day
Norman H. Calendar, 10, Pa, January, inflammation of brain, 1 week
Daniel W. Callender, 7, April, rheumatism, 4 mos
Frank Caughman, 38, married, Wertemburg, December, carpenter, dropsy in limbs, 6 weeks
Vernon Township
Susan Dunham, 22, Pa, December, consumption, 350
Cliff Williams, 1/12, Pa, August, unknown, sudden
___________ Cooper, 1/12, male, Pa, June, impeded circulation, 5
Margaret Shartle, 46, married, Pa, August, cancer, 1 year
___________ Cotton, 1/12, male, Pa, May, unknown, sudden
Clara Gable, 2, Pa, June, inflammation of brain, 5
Mary Birch, 21, Pa, April, consumption, 2 years
Michael Zimmer, 2, Pa, September, dysentery, 18 days
John P. Scowden, 43, married, Pa, May, farmer, consumption, 4 years
Patric Winters, 69, married, Ireland, December, farmer, dropsy heart, 120 days
Greenwood
Smith Smock, 1, Pa. Sept., Croup, 4
Mary Kenner, 75, Married, Pa., April, Palsy, 4 years
Celia Newton, 69, Married, Mass., May, Catarrh in head, 6 years
Levina Anderson, 17, Pa., May, Thyphoid Fever, 14 days
Thomas Rose, 80, Widower, Pa., May, Farmer, Bilious Colic, 12
Fairfield Township
Jacob Zigler, 63, Married, Vertemburg, March, Farmer, Schivous Stomach, 60
Ruth Heath, 22, Pa., May, Consumption, 2 Years
Mary Cochran, 81, Widow, Pa., Feb., Cholera Morbus, 10 Days
_______ Rockafellow, 1, Male, Pa., August, Measles, 35
Randolph Township
Russell Matteson, 76, Married, Rhode Island, Feb., Farmer, Lung Fever, 10
Richard Matteson, 24, Pa., March, Farmer, Consumption, 1 Year
John Matteson, 7/12, Pa., April, Lynn _____? Tonsillaris, 14 Days
Jacob Massacer, 60, Married, New Jersey, Jan., Farmer, Consumption, 9 Years
Steuben Township
Joseph Gleson, 2/12, Pa., July, inflammation of bowels, 14 days
Kenskin (?) Bligh, 1, Male, Pa., Nov., Disentery, 8
_________ August, 1/12, Female, Pa., March, Unknown, 3
Andrew Bremer, 66, Nova Scotia, June, Farmer, Dispepsis, 90
Woodcock Township
Sarah McCalmont, 68, Widow, Ireland, October, Disease of the Heart, Sudden
Elisabeth Logan, 29, Married, Pa., April, Consumption, 1 Year
Isaac Denton, 60, Pa., January, Farmer, Neuralgia, 6 Months
Susan Dunn, 2/12, Pa., June, Inflammation Lungs, 2 Weeks
Elisa Potter, 65, Widow, New York, Nov., Consumption, 3 Years
Sally Seabough, 55, Married, New York, Nov. Paralysis, 4 Months
Adam Nuenhisen, 81, Married, Pa., March, Farmer, Dropsy of Heart, 5 Months
Jonas Wotring, 55, Pa., June, Farmer, Consumption, 14 Weeks
Orra Pedman, 1/12, Female, Pa., January, Strangulation, Sudden
Laura Pedman, 11/12, Pa., Dec., Croup, 2 Days
Lucas Strauss, 71, Married, Pa., May, Farmer, Bilious Colic, 2 Days
Penelope Carr, 5, Pa., July, Inflammation of Brain, 2 Weeks
Reuben Leibersperger, 28, Married, Pa., Nov., Farmer, Consumption, ____ Weeks
Nathan Price, 77, Widower, New Jersey, Jan., Farmer, Dropsy of Brain
George Smith, 18, Pa., May, Typhoid Fever, 4
Mary Smith, 22, Married, May, Consumption, 6 Months
Delilah Marker (?), 20, Pa., March, Com. School Teacher, Consumption, 2 Weeks
Ida Magee, 5, Pa., Nov., Inflammation of the Brain, 3 Weeks
Susan Cline, 77, Widow, Pa., Sept., Old Age, 5 Days
Cochranton Borough
43 Sarah Vilnia (?) Ward, 4, PA, July, at home, inflammation of lungs
84 Rufus McFarland, 4, PA, March, at home, inflammation of lungs
30 George Bain*, 51, married, Scotland, parents foreign born, April, worked at coopering, dropsy of the heart.
* "George Bain died at the house No. 30 where he then resided with his family. Since or immediately after his death the family vacated the house, and I thought that it would be proper to report the death by the number of the house."
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